New York: McClure, Phillips, 1901. Edition: First edition. ¶ White’s second book, and like his first and many to follow, a novel of rugged Western life. ¶ Inscribed twice by White: on the front paste-down is a long presentation inscription: “My dear Colonel McClure: I want you to have this..... More

Paris: Mercvre de France, 1922. Edition: Later edition, large paper issue, of the First French translation of the complete Leaves of Grass, number 20 of 110 numbered copies. ¶ The highly regarded Léon Bazalgette translation in a more elaborate format.More

Boston: Light and Stearns, 1836. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 21697; American Imprints 42466. An early narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1891), based on the story of the legendary 17th century Indian warrior Mogg Hegon. Mogg Megone was first published in the spring of 1835 in two issues... More

(Norfolk:) New Directions, (1954). Edition: First edition, limited issued, one of 100 numbered copies, signed by Williams. In the place of the number, this copy is marked "Presentation Copy." ¶ From the inventory of Burton Weiss, Bookseller.More

London: Printed for W. Button, [1794] & 1796. Edition: First edition of both parts. Bibliographical References: Gimbel, page 37. Another response to Paine's The Age of Reason, Parts I & II, by the Welsh clergyman Thomas Williams (1760-1844), who defends Christianity against the salvos of freethinkers like Paine, but Williams... More

Garden City: Doubleday, 1946. Edition: First edition. ¶ Edmund Wilson's second work of fiction published in book form, a series of stories about the imaginary Hecate County in Upstate, New York, that begins with the memorable story of Asa M. Stryker, the narrator's neighbor who shot snapping turtles.More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 23472; Wright III, 6104. Six stories set in Italy, including one involving a murder, by Constance Fenimore Woolson. This was the first of two collections of stories she wrote during her sojourn there. Publisher's promotional leaflet about the... More

New York: D. Appleton, 1877. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 23455. ¶ Woolson’s third book, a long poem contrasting a maiden and a lady, with obvious references to the pitfalls of marriage and the plight of unmarried women. Two Women was originally serialized in two issues of Appletons’ Journal..... More

London: Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman and Thomas Dring, 1673. Edition: First edition. This copy is without the tailpiece on the recto of Q2. Bibliographical References: Wing W-3744; Pforzheimer 1099; NCBEL II, 742. ¶ The second play by William Wycherley (1640-1716), a satire and romp of manners centering... More

(London:) Printed for Private Circulation, 1859. Edition: First edition; a note in an early hand on the front blank states that this is the first issue with Dickens misspelled "Dickes" on page 14, line 34. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 1083 (Yates); Gimbel B261 (Dickens). ¶ The facts, according to Edmund... More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. Edition: Fourth edition. Bibliographical References: Wade 19; NCBEL III, 1917. Yeats's collected poems to date with his verse drama The Countess Cathleen and his play The Land of Heart's Desire. This edition incorporates the revisions of the 1901 third edition and contains a brief prefatory... More